Tag Archives: David Bowie

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 3]

Posted on January 17, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Unlike the Bowie cover, the original “China Girl”cuts in on the “one” with only a split second before Pop began singing. None of the cod-orientalism [courtesy of producer Nile Rodgers] of the Bowie cover was present … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, 1990, David Bowie, Iggy pop, Tony Visconti | 13 Comments

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 2]

Posted on January 15, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The harmonized drum sound of “Sister Midnight” took a rest as the song “Nightclubbing” was built on a simple plodding rhythm box with queasy catcall synths vying for space with David Bowie’s barrelhouse piano. The latter … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, Berlin, David Bowie, Iggy pop | 1 Comment

Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 1]

Posted on January 14, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Iggy Pop: The Idiot US CD [1990] Sister Midnight Nightclubbing Funtime Baby China Girl Dum Dum Boys Tiny Girls Mass Production It’s been 42 years, but in the waning days of 2019, I finally got around to hearing Iggy Pop’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Record Review | Tagged 1977, 1990, David Bowie, Iggy pop | 14 Comments

All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 6]

Posted on May 9, 2019 by postpunkmonk

An East Coast Monk In King Wenner’s Court [part the third] […continued from last post] RRHOF – the exhibits We next tried to figure out how to get from one place/level to another in the pyramid that;s the Rock + … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019, Akron, Blondie, Cleveland, David Bowie, DEVO, Howard Devoto, Ian Hunter, RRHOF, The Cramps, The Ramones | Leave a comment

2017: My Year Of Bowie Guitarists

Posted on February 15, 2019 by postpunkmonk

After seeing King Crimson in the fall of 2017, it occurred to me that 2017 was marked as a period where, for one reason or another, I seemed to be seeing a lot of artists who played lead guitar with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Concert Review, Live Music | Tagged Adrian Belew, David Bowie, Heathen, Reeves Gabrels, Robert Fripp, Tin Machine | 15 Comments

30 Days: 30 Albums | David Bowie – Live Nassau Coliseum ’76

Posted on September 7, 2018 by postpunkmonk

David Bowie should be an artist whose full canon exists in my Record Cell. I thought that it was, by the late 90s, when I finally bought the heretofore studiously avoided “Let’s Dance” and “Tonight.” I was spared buying “Never … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days - 30 Albums, Bowie, Core Collection, Record Review | Tagged 1976, 2017, David Bowie, live album, Live Nassau Coliseum '76 | Leave a comment

Book Week – Bettye Kronstad: Perfect Day; An Intimate Portrait Of Life With Lou Reed

Posted on April 25, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I don’t plan on buying very many books these days. A far cry from my childhood when my mom used to complain that I spent any money she gave me on books instead of other, lesser things! Once, she gave … Continue reading →